Ep. 89 The Supreme Court and the 3x5 Card

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Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

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🗓️ 4 February 2014

⏱️ 34 minutes

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James Madison biographer Kevin Gutzman joins Tom to discuss the Supreme Court and the cases you're not allowed to disagree with. Kevin's books include The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution, James Madison and the Making of America, and (with Tom) Who Killed the Constitution?

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0:00.0	I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system.
0:09.9	In a world of conventional confusion, there will be time for them to make profits.
0:14.9	Now's not that time.
0:16.4	Daddy, what do taxes pay for?
0:18.2	Oh, why everything?
0:19.7	Policemen, trees, sunshine.
0:21.8	Let's not forget the folks who just don't feel like working, God bless them.
0:25.9	Don't be afraid.
0:26.7	I'm going to unshackle your mind.
0:31.2	An idea whose time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any government.
0:36.9	Your professor has arrived.
0:41.0	Tom Woods.
0:46.8	Beware, citizen, you are now departing from the world of allowable opinion.
0:52.3	The Tom Woods show.
0:56.9	Welcome, everybody. It's Tuesday, February 4th, 2014. Kevin Goodsman joins us again today.
1:04.5	I invited Kevin back as I was in the mood to talk about the rotten Supreme Court. I just wanted to talk about some of the key cases that you hear
1:11.9	coming up over and over again that people bloviate about for one reason or another. And I wanted
1:17.2	to get the real scoop on what they were all about. I want to talk about McCulloch versus Maryland in
1:21.5	particular, because you get this one a lot from left-wingers, people over at think Progress, et cetera. And I wanted to get the real
1:29.3	truth about it. And then while, as long as Kevin's here, we'll talk about some other things like
1:32.7	the Slaughterhouse cases. And then I'm going to turn it over to him and ask him what he thinks
1:37.3	the worst cases of the 20th century were, at least the ones that are bothering him the most today.
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